Being Boulder

Everything you want in life is just outside your comfort zone

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Be like a tree, grow slowly

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"Be like a tree, grow slowly" is the phrase we put on a memorial bench in Carl Schurz park in NYC when my father passed away in 20...

The power of paint

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Our guest house was painted last week.  We used a Benjamin Moore white called Cotton Balls and a custom mix based on Farrow & Ball's...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

Storage in a small space

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The storage in the guest house is tricky.  We don't want to lose valuable space to unnecessary storage but we don't want to have a s...

Reclaimed wood floors

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We reused wood from the original garage structure for the wood floors in the loft.  We loved the wide planks and asked Joel if they could b...
Monday, June 9, 2014

Floors

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A couple of weeks ago the concrete floors were professionally polished.  The process involves grinding the concrete with a special polishing...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Poplar siding

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We have added poplar siding to the entire area of loft and south wall.  We chose a 1x8 size board. It took about 10 days for Joel's crew...
Monday, May 12, 2014

February in May in Boulder

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Boulder 7am, May 12, 2014 Boulder, 11am, May 12, 2014 My prediction was all wrong last week when I thought we were clear of the sch...
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About Me

Alex
Here are the bare facts: I am the mother of three boys (ages 14, 12 and 9); I've been married for 16 years to a handsome and generous soul, Grant; our family moved to Boulder in August, 2009, after 13 years in Southern California; we have come to Boulder for its green living, good public schools and healthy lifestyle. I started this blog for friends and family and for anyone else who may want a peek at one family's life in Boulder. In 2012, we completed a major remodel of a historic home in the Mapleton Hill Historic District. In early 2014, we started a project of converting our 1920s garage into an Owner's Accessory Unit (OAU).
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